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author here.. oddly, I sold AppalachianTrail to fund my purchase of DudeRanch. If I still owned AT, I woulda hiked the whole thing, recorded the experienced on the website, and then maybe hired some ex-hikers to provide guided recommendations for the trail for a small fee. Something like that.

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Oh man, I’d have loved to hear how that turned out as a business plan! There’s so much free advice on whiteblaze to compete with, some of it even good :-)

If you have the time, an AT thru-hike is a wonderful, affirming, and life-changing experience. If you can’t conjure up that much time, Vermont’s Long Trail is a great hike.

If you do a long-distance hike, please write it up! I enjoyed this and the onion piece quite a bit.

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